Palatial 18th Century French Carved Giltwood Chandelier

Very fine and large 18th century French hand-carved giltwood chandelier with a curtained crown atop carved wheat sheaves and grape clusters. The stem with highly detailed acanthus leaf carvings depicted in scrolling fashion and enhanced with a central spindled cage. The two tiers with contoured carved branches having sixteen lights with flower petal bobeche. The base with a turned finial.